Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3465
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ رِئَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةً لاَ تَرُدُّ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ قَالَ " طَلِّقْهَا " . قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنْهَا . قَالَ " فَأَمْسِكْهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ مُرْسَلٌ .
Ishaq bin Ibrahim informed us; al-Nadr bin Shumayl narrated to us; Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us; Harun bin Ri'ab reported to us, from Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr, from Ibn Abbas: A man said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who does not refuse the hand of a toucher.’ He said, ‘Divorce her.’ The man said, ‘I cannot bear to be without her.’ He said, ‘Then keep her.’ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: ‘This is mistaken; the correct version is mursal.’
Translation notes
The idiomatic phrase is translated literally because its interpretation is disputed. Mursal describes a report with an omitted link in its chain.
قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةً لاَ تَرُدُّ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ قَالَ " طَلِّقْهَا " .
Commentaries differ on the idiomatic sense of this phrase.
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